tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733468102563556880.post4440080282357691166..comments2023-09-15T07:10:48.224-04:00Comments on Hudson Crossing Travel Industry Insight: Orbitz finally falls in line with no booking fees: OWWHudson Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340560400189633069noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733468102563556880.post-48889515394938116232009-04-08T07:40:00.000-04:002009-04-08T07:40:00.000-04:00So now we are back to square one in metasearch, wi...So now we are back to square one in metasearch, with the airline sites no longer offering a price advantage. The playing field has been leveled, more or less. <BR/><BR/>However, the $300 million or so that the OTAs garnered in consumer booking fees is gone, back in the collective consumer wallet. <BR/><BR/>Lots of questions here. How are metasearch engines going to recoup the monies that the fatter OTAs would have paid for metasearch exposure? Will Orbitz survive a fee-less 2009?<BR/><BR/>As a "great" chairman, who wasn't on the board of Orbitz or Expedia, once said: "There is great disorder under heaven.":)Dennis Schaalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073829623151186628noreply@blogger.com